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Thursday, June 23, 2005

KELO v. CITY OF NEW LONDON [Property Rights Opinions]

KELO V. CITY OF NEW LONDONJune 23, 2005

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, rules that the "Takings Clause" in the U.S. Constitutiona permits local governments can seize residential and commerical property for private development. In a strongly worded dissent, Justice O'Connor rebukes the majority's conclusion, asserting that "the beneficiaries are likely to be those citizens with disproportionate influence and power in the political process," giving government a "license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more."